Image used with permission by copyright holderM. Night Shyamalan’s multiple-personality thriller Split took home another win at the box office this week, narrowly beating supernatural horror sequel
Rings
for the top spot.
The three-week run for
Split
is particularly noteworthy because it’s only the second movie directed by Shyamalan to pull off such a feat. The last one of Shyamalan’s films to win the box office three weeks in a row was 1999’s critically acclaimed thriller
The Sixth Sense
— a film many consider to be the filmmaker’s best work.
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Coming in a close second was Rings, the third film in the supernatural horror series that began with Gore Verbinski’s 2002 film
The Ring
, an American remake of director Hideo Nakata’s wildly popular 1998 film. The sequel’s relatively underwhelming debut was matched by poor reviews, which generally doesn’t bode well for a productive run in theaters.
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Title
Weekend
U.S. Total
Worldwide Total
1.
Split
$14.5M
$98.7M
$142.7M
2.
Rings
$13M
$13M
$28.2M
3.
A Dog’s Purpose
$10.8M
$32.9M
$42.5M
4.
Hidden Figures
$10.1M
$119.4M
$122.1M
5.
La La Land
$7.4M
$118.3M
$268.3M
6.
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
$4.5M
$21.8M
$117.4M
7.
Sing
$4M
$262.9M
$487M
8.
Lion
$4M
$24.7M
$38.8M
9.
The Space Between Us
$3.8M
$3.8M
$3.8M
10.
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
$3.7M
$40M
$152.4M
The only other new release to find its way into the top ten was the teenage sci-fi romance
The Space Between Us
, which underperformed expectations rather fantastically, earning just $3.8 million in U.S. theaters. The movie — which follows a teenage boy raised on a different planet who comes to Earth to finally meet the girl he loves — crashed dramatically in its debut, and could be hard-pressed to cover its relatively meager $30 million budget.
As usual for this particular franchise,
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
managed to do well enough internationally to make up for its shortcomings in U.S. theaters, and along with helping to put the Resident Evil franchise over the $1 billion mark worldwide, it also raked in $117.4 million worldwide so far. The Resident Evil franchise continues to find success in the formula it’s followed from the very start, even after six films and almost 15 years.
This upcoming week looks to be a busy one at theaters, with a wide variety of films with considerable buzz making their debuts.
On the family-friendly side, The LEGO Batman Movie offers up an animated, superhero-focused spinoff from 2014’s
The LEGO Movie
, while John Wick: Chapter 2 brings Keanu Reeves back as the titular hitman who can’t stay retired. Romantic thriller Fifty Shades Darkerserves up a sequel to
Fifty Shades of Grey
, and Fist Fight brings Charlie Day and Ice Cube together for a raunchy comedy about two teachers who get caught up in a schoolyard brawl.
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More so than any other entertainment franchise, the James Bond movie series is the most uneven, bouncing from remarkable highs to absurdly embarrassing lows. For every On Her Majesty's Secret Service, there's a Moonraker, and for every Casino Royale, there's a Quantum of Solace. I wouldn't go as far as to call the 007 series the most inconsistent franchise out there, but it's undeniable that it's not exactly trustworthy. Whereas other franchises let you know what you can expect from them -- every Transformers is awful, every Mission: Impossible is spectacular, the MCU is, well, the MCU -- 007 keeps you on your toes, unsure if you'll get a banger or a turd.
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